gVim showing carriage return (^M) even when file mode is explicitly DOS

Question

I\'m using gVim on Windows. My code shows ^M characters at the end of lines. I used :set ff=dos to no avail. The ^M characters remain

Answer 1

You can also run:

:e ++ff=dos

To remove the ^M: See File format – Vim Tips Wiki.

Answer 2

Actually what worked for me (on 64-bit windows, gVIM: 7.2 ) was:

:set ffs=dos

not just: ff

Answer 3

You can ignore these chars!

put this into your vimrc

match Ignore /\r$/

Answer 4

Running Vim 7.3 on Windows 7. I used the following command:

:%s/^M/\r/g

To create the ^M I typed in CTRL+Q then CTRL+M.

Answer 5

tried a lot of things but the following worked

:%s/\r/\r/g

note: use g if you want the effect on the whole file

Answer 6

I usually use the following to cleanup my line endings:

:g/^M$/s///

To get the ctrl-M I usually type ctrl-Q, then ctrl-M and it puts it in. (In some environments it may be ctrl-V then ctrl-M.) I don't know why, but I find that one easier to remember than rq's.

Don't forget to do :set ff=dos as well, or you'll end up saving with UNIX line endings still.